Iron-biofortified staple food crops for improving iron status: a review of the current evidence

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 138-145

  Finkelstein, Julia L ^a,b   Haas, Jere D ^a   Mehta, Saurabh ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CROPS; HEALTH RISKS; HEMOGLOBIN; NUTRIENTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALPHA-1-ACID GLYCOPROTEIN; AT-RISK POPULATION; BIOFORTIFICATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEINS; IRON DEFICIENCY; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; RANDOMIZED TRIAL; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTORS;

IRON;

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; IRON;

ADULT; BEAN; BIOFORTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CROP; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEARL MILLET; PHILIPPINES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RICE; RWANDA; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROP; FORTIFIED FOOD; METABOLISM;

BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON;

EID: 85010403004     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.01.003     Document Type: Review

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